"I love you by and by. I don't know if I'd survive without a friend like you in my life."

Lately I have been feeling completely overwhelmed with love and gratitude for the people in my life. I have been going through a lot this past month, some people know about it and some don't, but regardless of where they're at I have never felt so much love and support in my life. I'm not sure if it's just me noticing it, or if those close to me just sense it, but I am just realizing how lucky I am. I have the greatest support system anyone could ever need.

My parents are amazing. My heart just explodes with love for them. They love and support me in whatever I do, they trust me and give me their honest optinion. I couldn't ask for two better people to have raised me. I am overflowing with gratitude for how much they love me and support me. They have set a perfect example of the realtionship that I someday will strive to have.

The rest of my family is wonderful. My brother, my cousins, my aunt. They are all exactly who I need them to be at the perfect times. My aunt is 2 hours away and it's like she can feel what I am going through and she'll text me out of no where saying exactly what I need to hear. It's crazy. She understands the things I tell her she doesn't think I'm crazy! She is great at giving the exact advice and encouragement that I need and most of the time I don't even think she realizes it. My brother keeps me sane. He knows exactly how to make me laugh. He keeps me grounded, he protects me. He is my discernment, even if I don't always appreciate it. He is everything a brother should be.

I have the best friends that anyone could ever ask for. They never judge me or think I'm crazy. Each one of them is perfectly....well, them. They each bring something different, but essential to the table. They are all so different then I am. I get so many different perspectives and ideas. They laugh with me, cry with me. They let me vent, let me be dramatic, but tell me when it's time to get over it. They bring me back down to earth when my head is in the clouds and tell when it's okay to dream and run away with my thoughts. They, like everyone else in my life are 100% loyal and supportive. I know that they will stand with me in whatever I decide to do, no matter what they think, and that means more to me than anything else.

I always wonder why I am so full of love and have so much to give, and then I realized that it is because I have so much love and support directed at me. I wish I could better express my apprecaition to these people in my lives, because there is no way that I could survive without them.